Donna Simone Johnson

AEA Member
Donna Simone Johnson

(she/him)

Mercutio and Others in Romeo and Juliet

Antonio and Captain in Twelfth Night

In two seasons at OSF: Madame de Senneterre in Revenge Song; Somerset, Son, and Company in Bring Down the House. Other theatres: Quinn in Power of Sail (West Coast premiere, Geffen Playhouse); Dru in A Hit Dog Will Holler (world premiere, Playwrights Arena/Skylight); Dr. Van Helsing in Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Dee in Broken Fences (2018 NAACP Theatre Award Winner Best Actress, The Road Theatre Company); Black Woman in We Are Proud to Present... (CalArts’ Center for New Performance); Langree in I Go Somewhere Else (world premiere, Playwrights Arena); Ngozi in Women Without Borders (world premiere, Rubicon Theatre Company); Paulina Breedlove in The Bluest Eye (Virginia Stage Company); Witch 3 in Macbeth (The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles); Dunyasha in The Cherry Orchard, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum); Olivia in Twelfth Night; Andie in Scratch (Royal George Theatre); Riot/Rebellion (Watts Village Theater Company); others. National/International tours: PANG! (world premiere); Cloud 9 (Moving Arts); High School Musical. Film/TV: Bertie the Brilliant, At Liberty, Ophelia, Level 12, Super Drags, 9-1-1, Trees of Peace, Jessica’s Mom, Inheritors, Of God and Kings, others. Training: MFA in Acting, CalArts. @dsimonejo on all platforms.